On 2009-08-30 21:30 +0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I've removed Network Manager in the past because it causes no end of >> trouble, especially because it never seems to think I'm connected to >> the Internet, so everything starts in 'offline' mode. > >> Major Gnome update today, and sure enough, Network Manager is >> installed again. This time however, I cannot remove it without >> removing Gnome. > > Make sure you report it (e.g. via `reportbug').
It is already reported as #542095¹. > It's clearly a packaging bug. Not necessarily, gnome is just a metapackage pulling in a set other packages. Whether it should really bring in network-manager-gnome is debatable, of course; but you are free to remove the metapackage and use your own collection. Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542095 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org